Dwayne Johnson and Mark Wahlberg Eye Michael Bay’s Pain and Gain

Taking a break from the enormous budgets of films like his recent Transformers: Dark of the Moon, director Michael Bay plans to tackle the $20 million-range Pain and Gain as his next feature. Today, Variety reports that Dwayne Johnson and Mark Wahlberg are both set up to potentially star.

A passion project for Bay planned for over a decade, Pain and Gain is based on the true story of a group of bodybuilders who get caught up in a criminal enterprise in Florida. In the past, Bay has likened the tone of the film to that of Fargo.